Rwanda

Capital city — Kigali

Country population
12,301,939
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2018
/ World Bank
Type of government
Constitutional Republic (Presidential)
Human Development Index
0.536
(157/188)
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2018
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
2.5
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2017
/ UNDP, Human Development Report
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of the Interior
Total number of prisoners
65,000
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
511
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10/2019
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Prison density
101 %
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05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
14
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2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, since 2018
Female prisoners
7.4 %
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05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.5 %
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05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
7.5 %
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05/2017
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 2007
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Special populations

Women

Female prisoners

7.4 %

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05/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Minors

Incarcerated minors

0.5 %

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05/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Untried prisoners

Percentage of untried prisoners

7.5 %

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05/2017

/ World Prison Brief, ICPR

Death penalty prisoners

Death penalty is abolished

yes, since 2007

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